Tara L. Ashmore

About Tara L. Ashmore

Consultative manager skilled in discussions at the C-Level based on senior financial roles. Developed high performance teams managing treasury, cash forecasting, accounting, financial reporting and planning, compliance and employee benefits. Have completed $10 billion of strategic financings.* Managing $2 billion debt portfolio and $3 billion investment portfolio for Amtrak* Ratings development at S&P Global resulted in year over year increased income for the company* At Cendant, built a $20 bn shared services treasury function* At Avis/Budget, expanded the Like-Kind-Exchange while managing $6 bn of structured financing* At North American Power, took the company to $125 mm annual revenue in 2 years with audited financials based on tight asset/liability management and commodity risk* Successful in building audited financial reporting from SaaS systems

Experience

1. Senior Director, Treasury Aka Lead Sled Dog

   Amtrak

   Jun 2019 — Present · DC, US

   Run the corporate finance function within Treasury that includes both $1 billion of debt and $3 billion (average) of operating invested assets. Implementing SAP TRM. Manage liquidity and cash desk with robust 13 week cashflow forecast to inform the asset management strategy and maximize interest income. Our interest income becomes program income and will be the base funding for many infrastructure and investment initiatives in future years.Support $200 million fuel exposure with analytics on real-time diesel pricing and contract fuel hedges, if any. Insure compliance with all debt service covenants and other debt related provisions.Drive change for operating and accounts payable initiatives with banking partner relationships and product offerings. Facilitating API and real-time updates to improve A/P process and accounting reconciliations. Also manage discount negotiations on select invoices and initiated migrating spend to SUA cards for fee share with processor.Changing the mindset to a \"data driven Treasury\" using automation on account analysis statements, AI on forecasting, and aggregation of invoices to show real cost of accepting cash.Manage rating agency relationships and key bank partnerships.Support Investment Committees and fiduciaries with pension, 401(k) and other savings plans.Participated on three speaking panels recently:AFP Fall 2022 JP Morgan Chase panel on Machine Learning and its potential impact on Intelligent Cash ForecastingClearwater Connect Fall 2022 on Current Economic and Market Factors Impact on TreasuryPNWER Webinar on the Build America Bureau\'s RRIF Loan programs

Education

• Columbia Business School

  MBA, Business Administration

  2002 — 2003

• Baruch College

  BBA, Finance and Accounting

  1981 — 1986

Skills

• Non-Profit Leadership
• Leadership
• Credit
• Financial Modeling
• Early Stage
• Banking
• Partnerships
• Risk Management
• Working Capital Management
• Strategy
• Partnership Management
• Corporate Treasury
• Budgets
• Finance
• Corporate Finance
• Mid-Market
• Insurance
• Analysis
• Due Diligence
• Liquidity Management
• Management
• Financial Analysis
• Valuation
• Cash Management
• Tax Preparation
• Fortune 500
• Treasury
• Start-Ups
• Treasury Management
• Business Development
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Structured Finance
• Strategic Planning
• Securitization
• Financial Reporting
• Debt
• Forecasting
• Private Equity